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Behaviour-change interventions in primary care: Influence on nutrition and on the metabolic syndrome definers.
- Source :
- International Journal of Nursing Practice (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.); Oct2011, Vol. 17 Issue 5, p470-477, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Kuninkaanniemi H, Villberg J, Vanhala M, Poskiparta M. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2011; 17: 470-477 Behaviour-change interventions in primary care: Influence on nutrition and on the metabolic syndrome definers The purpose of this paper was to examine whether interventions influenced patients' (i) consumption of fish; whole grain products; fruits and vegetables; (ii) overall nutrition, that is, the three former as an index; and (iii) clinical outcomes in terms of metabolic syndrome definers. A questionnaire was delivered to adult patients entering the nine health centres on November 2006 ( n = 1211). During the year the ward personnel conducted intervention on patients with unhealthy habits. The 12-month follow up was conducted by mailings. Also clinical data of pre- and post-intervention values of metabolic syndrome definers were collected. For the analyses, intervention was divided into brief (≤ 15 min, at most three visits) and extended (> 15 min, more than three visits) intervention. Logistic Regression and manova were used to measure changes in the outcomes. Nutrition-related intervention was conducted on 218 patients (brief intervention n = 179, extended intervention n = 39). In the extended intervention group it was three times more likely to have a positive change in the nutrition index than in the brief intervention group ( P = 0.017, confidence interval 1.223-7.773). In conclusion, brief interventions were commonly used in the primary care. However, they were not enough to produce changes in the patients' nutrition or in the clinical outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EVALUATION of medical care
HYPERLIPIDEMIA
ANALYSIS of variance
BEHAVIOR modification
BLOOD testing
CHI-squared test
DIET
HEALTH behavior
LONGITUDINAL method
MEDICAL appointments
MULTIVARIATE analysis
NURSING research
NUTRITION education
PRIMARY health care
RESEARCH funding
INDUSTRIAL research
STATISTICAL sampling
SELF-evaluation
TIME
THEORY
METABOLIC syndrome
BODY mass index
PRE-tests & post-tests
REPEATED measures design
PREVENTION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13227114
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Nursing Practice (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 65578185
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-172X.2011.01968.x